Printing Conventions
Printing Conventions
The following typographic conventions are used through this document:
| Convention | Purpose | Example |
|---|---|---|
| UPPERCASE |
SQL keywords, SQL functions, and names of all database objects such as tables, columns, indexes, and stored procedures. |
the SELECT statement retrieves data from the CITY column in the CITIES table can be used in CHAR, VARCHAR, and BLOB text columns the CAST() function |
| italic |
New terms, emphasized words, all elements from host languages, and all user-supplied items |
isc_decode_date() the host variable, segment length contains six variables, or data members |
| bold |
File names, menu commands, and all commands that are entered at a system prompt, including their switches, arguments, and parameters |
a script, ib_udf.sql, in the examples subdirectory the employee.gdb database the Session > Advanced Settings command |